Hyperion Records | Gounod: Songs

CDA66801/2

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Recording details: Various dates
St Paul's Church, New Southgate, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Arthur Johnson
Engineered by Keith Warren
Release date: October 1993
Total duration: 133 minutes 1 seconds

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE
PREIS DER DEUTSCHEN SCHALLPLATTENKRITIK
CHOC, MONDE DE LA MUSIQUE

'Exemplary ... enchanting ... ravishingly sung' (The Daily Telegraph)

'Superb ... perfection ... Best of the year' (The Sunday Times)

'C'est remarquable. Un coffret qui devient un événement' (Compact, France)

'Uniformement exquis' (Répertoire, France)

'Un stupendo doble compacto' (CD Compact, Spain)

The Hyperion French Song Edition

Charles Gounod (1818-1893)

Songs

Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)

CD1	1	Où voulez-vous aller? 'Barcarolle' 'Dites, la jeune belle' [3'43] Graham Johnson (piano)
	2	Le soir 'Le soir ramène le silence' [5'03] Graham Johnson (piano)
	3	Venise 'Dans Venise la rouge' [4'29] Graham Johnson (piano)
	4	Ave Maria [2'54] Graham Johnson (piano)
	5	Sérénade 'Quand tu chantes, bercée' [4'23] Graham Johnson (piano)
	6	Chanson de printemps 'Viens, enfant, la terre s'éveille' [3'49] Graham Johnson (piano)
	7	Au rossignol 'Quand ta voix céleste prélude' [6'57] Graham Johnson (piano)
	8	Ce que je suis sans toi 'Ce qu'est le lierre sans l'ormeau' [3'22] Graham Johnson (piano)
	9	Envoi de fleurs 'Si l'on veut savoir qui m'envoie' [2'16] Graham Johnson (piano)
	10	La pâquerette 'Pâquerette gentille' [2'00] Graham Johnson (piano)
	11	Boléro 'Ah! que je plains ta flamme' [3'27] Graham Johnson (piano)
	12	Mignon 'Connais-tu le pays où dans l'immense plaine' [3'41] Graham Johnson (piano)
	13	Rêverie 'Sur le flot des rêves' [2'41] Graham Johnson (piano)
	14	Ma belle amie est morte [3'23] Graham Johnson (piano)
	15	Loin du pays 'Vallons de ma montagne' [2'03] Graham Johnson (piano)
	16	Clos ta paupière [3'43] Graham Johnson (piano)
	17	Prière 'Ah! si vous saviez comme on pleure' [2'59] Graham Johnson (piano)
	18	L'absent 'Ô silence des nuits dont la voix seule est douce' [4'05] Graham Johnson (piano)
	19	Le temps des roses 'Chantons, voici le temps des roses!' [2'57] Graham Johnson (piano)
		Biondina
CD2	1	No 01: Prologo 'Da qualche tempo' [1'57] Graham Johnson (piano)
	2	No 02: Biondina bella [4'12] Graham Johnson (piano)
	3	No 03: Sotto un cappello rosa 'Ier l'ho scontrata in abito di festo' [2'34] Graham Johnson (piano)
	4	No 04: Le labbra ella compose [3'18] Graham Johnson (piano)
	5	No 05: E stati alquanto [1'53] Graham Johnson (piano)
	6	No 06: Ho messo nuove corde [1'51] Graham Johnson (piano)
	7	No 07: Se come io son poeta [3'15] Graham Johnson (piano)
	8	No 08: Siam iti l'altro giorno [1'50] Graham Johnson (piano)
	9	No 09: E le campane hanno suonnato [3'11] Graham Johnson (piano)
	10	No 10: Ell' è malata [3'32] Graham Johnson (piano)
	11	No 11: Ier fu mandata [3'17] Graham Johnson (piano)
	12	No 12: L'ho accompagnato [3'58] Graham Johnson (piano)
	13	The worker 'The night lay o'er the city' [5'01] Graham Johnson (piano)
	14	A lay of the early spring [2'43] Graham Johnson (piano)
	15	My true love hath my heart [1'55] Graham Johnson (piano)
	16	Oh happy home! Oh blessed flower! 'I found a lower pining on the heights, and sang' [4'34] Graham Johnson (piano)
	17	The fountain mingles with the river [1'30] Graham Johnson (piano)
	18	Maid of Athens [4'05] Graham Johnson (piano)
	19	Beware! 'I know a maiden fair to see' [1'54] Graham Johnson (piano)
	20	The arrow and the song 'I shot an arrow into the air' [2'23] Graham Johnson (piano)
	21	Ilala 'Stances à la mémoire de D Livingstone' 'The swarthy followers stood aloof' [5'02] Graham Johnson (piano)
	22	If thou art sleeping, maiden [1'11] Graham Johnson (piano)